“Growth is the process of responding positively to change.” ―Paul Harvey, American Radio Broadcaster

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ―-Gandhi, Leader of India’s Independence Movement

“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being createdin your life for something new to emerge.” ―Eckhart Tolle

Our current world and business climate

greatest communications innovations of the 20th century:

Telephone,

Television,

Personal Computer

1984- Steve Job’s creation of the Mac/Apple Computer

And now

the current future that is happening now...in real time…

Mobile interactive 24/7 communications and information media

iPad, iPhone, Smartphones, disposable phones, Wi-Fi everywhere…

most of us… (and this includes most of the world)… now carrypersonal mobile phone/handheld computing and information gathering and buying and gaming…and can do all kinds of other things…device(s)

So what does this mean for today’s working and business persons… who are …learning and trying to keep up with all that is necessary to learn…to do meaningful, sustainable work and business in a new and very economy and economic climate?…

The same principles apply that have always applied…

“Study the past if you would define the future.” -Confucius

"Find what you like to do, do well, and strive to do it with excellence." -Anony

Now we just have different and “better” access to tools and information…

Than ever before in the history of mankind on our planet!

What is the difference between having a JOB v. doing Meaningful Sustainable Work?

A JOB is voluntarily exchanging your talent, skills, and time to receive income or compensation.

versus Meaning Sustainable Work includes… experiencing and doing work in a different and meaningful way.

Working at jobs, careers, and enterprise businesses in ways that allow those doing the work andproviding special services to experience their work as more motivating, meaningful, or sustainable overtime.

Sustainable work is participating and practicing principles that create potential for experiencing work ina different way than what has been the old standard.

What was the “old standard”?

…at the turn of the last century, our schools and institutions were designed primarily for perpetuating eithermanaging or working in factories… that is training of an “upper class” to manage a “lower class” of workinguneducated immigrants… to run factories…

We went from being primarily an agricultural society to being an industrial society…

…and our citizens were trained to stand in line… sit down, shut up… do what we were told… when we couldeat and take breaks… etc…

In many ways we are still functioning that way behaviorally… and especially in how we perceive and approachwork… even now 13 years into the 21st century…

So how do we…Make Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy?

next: A series on how to Make Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy